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you know, since ronald reagan we no longer have 70% tax rates on the highest income earners. nobody is arguing for that. we're arguing to go back to 39.6%. on health care reform, the president's health care reform was basically a conservative idea put into the national spotlight by democrats and passed by democrats. education reform. even cap and trade is really a republican approach to solving environmental problems. we no longer have anyone saying we don't need to balance the budget. in a lot of ways these conservative ideas have won the day. so republicans are in a place where they moved further and further to the right as the democratic party has amoved further and further to the right. now they're out in the mainstream, and in order to have a meaningful, stark contrast with democrats, they've gone to such a far right place that the american people just aren't comfortable with what they propose. >> i'm encouraged by some of the language i heard coming from some folks on the right. there's still people in conservative circles who are saying we can't compromise our values.
you know, since ronald reagan we no longer have 70% tax rates on the highest income earners. nobody is arguing for that. we're arguing to go back to 39.6%. on health care reform, the president's health care reform was basically a conservative idea put into the national spotlight by democrats and passed by democrats. education reform. even cap and trade is really a republican approach to solving environmental problems. we no longer have anyone saying we don't need to balance the budget. in a lot...
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may talk about ronald reagan but they haven't really embraced ronald reagan. >> somehow i don't think he hit the nail on the head. but louisiana governor bobby jindal might be onto something. he says the republicans need to stop being the stupid party. wow, the stupid party. there is a war inside the gop and nobody knows how this will end. joining me now, steve kornacki and krystal ball, co-hosts of "the cycle" on msnbc. >> our guys, the upper echelon of the republican party, want to fashion themselves as members of the ruling class. we the country class are not in the ruling class. we're in a problem. >> steve, limbaugh is pointing to a big split in the party. where do you think this is going? is this a fight we're going to see rush and the establishment have? >> yeah. this is the problem for the republican party. that kind of a fight is probably good for rush limbaugh in terms of it gives him something to talk about, gives him status within the conservative movement. and it really allows him to rile up his audience, his base and say, i'm the voice of the pure conservative. it's this
may talk about ronald reagan but they haven't really embraced ronald reagan. >> somehow i don't think he hit the nail on the head. but louisiana governor bobby jindal might be onto something. he says the republicans need to stop being the stupid party. wow, the stupid party. there is a war inside the gop and nobody knows how this will end. joining me now, steve kornacki and krystal ball, co-hosts of "the cycle" on msnbc. >> our guys, the upper echelon of the republican...
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>> this like the cement cracking around ronald reagan's feet, the first time he raised taxes. i remember when he said that. >> yes, exactly. well, i think the speaker, i think, is setting the tone, as you saw on the front page, above the fold in "the washington post," you know. call his caucus to task, saying he's got to get the nation's business done. and i think what he said implicitly and probably directly behind the door is, trust me on this. you know, i get it. i understand what we need to do. we're not going to sacrifice our principles and values, but we've got to get the nation's business done. and then when we have a bill kristol coming out and saying, you know, they're all rich guys who live out in hollywood. we can raise their taxes. what an 180-degree turn. >> they're not the small business men. >> you'll probably note this, what an election will do. winning and losing has a consequence. and i think for a lot of republicans right now, given where we were two years ago versus where we are right now, you realize, hey, we're going to have to deal. we're going to have t
>> this like the cement cracking around ronald reagan's feet, the first time he raised taxes. i remember when he said that. >> yes, exactly. well, i think the speaker, i think, is setting the tone, as you saw on the front page, above the fold in "the washington post," you know. call his caucus to task, saying he's got to get the nation's business done. and i think what he said implicitly and probably directly behind the door is, trust me on this. you know, i get it. i...
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go. [ repeating reagan ] >> ronald reagan. >> the winner of the reagan speed round is jon huntsman. >> the absurdity of it, it used to be rudy giuliani would say 9/11 in every sentence. now they say reagan. i have a theory. they don't have really positive identities themselves. they're trying to be hermit crabs. they're trying to pretend, hide themselves in the shell of the mantle of ronald reagan. they don't want to say i'm a michele bachmann, i'm a huntsman. who wants tohuntsman? i want to be a reagan. >> they have pessimistic views of the country and society. they're out there with darkness and pessimism. while the president actually looks like sunny compared to them. ronald reagan is remembered as an optimist and sunnier figure than any of these guys. >> the most moderate, the most liberal, ending the cold war. listen is the obama impersonator trying to entice republicans to vote for him. >> i'm not even your type. you're into conservative candidates. well, let me tell you a little secret. i am a conservative. do you know how many wall street bankers i've prosecuted? zero. the hea
go. [ repeating reagan ] >> ronald reagan. >> the winner of the reagan speed round is jon huntsman. >> the absurdity of it, it used to be rudy giuliani would say 9/11 in every sentence. now they say reagan. i have a theory. they don't have really positive identities themselves. they're trying to be hermit crabs. they're trying to pretend, hide themselves in the shell of the mantle of ronald reagan. they don't want to say i'm a michele bachmann, i'm a huntsman. who wants...
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ronald reagan in part with the help of jack kemp, a generation ago, found a way to sell supply side economics as a blue collar alternative. to sell it to the common man. that's what reagan and kemp were all about. the republicans lost the ability to do that. they lost the argument once. they're going to have to figure out how to make that argument again because if they're going to say that unleashing the power of the free market is the route forward for the middle class and the working people of america, they need convincing arguments and convincing people to do it. mitt romney, if you look at it from even the slightest distance, was arguably the worst possible carrier of that message. they need somebody else. they need to southern populism or populism from somewhere, but they also need the proof. they need the evidence. and lacking the evidence last time in the election of a week ago, a week or two ago, people went with the -- what they knew, which was the president's belief in the power of government to work well with the economy. >> i think they realized during the campaign thanks to some
ronald reagan in part with the help of jack kemp, a generation ago, found a way to sell supply side economics as a blue collar alternative. to sell it to the common man. that's what reagan and kemp were all about. the republicans lost the ability to do that. they lost the argument once. they're going to have to figure out how to make that argument again because if they're going to say that unleashing the power of the free market is the route forward for the middle class and the working people...
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ronald reagan was re-elected with a 7.2 unemployment rate. he set up the dynamic and the pr was honest. optimism is what he sold. he was able to say 7.2 is great news, great news. he got re-elected with $49 state. he lost minnesota and the district of columbia with 7.2. what should obama get with 7.8? it seems like it's within the range there and everybody's poo-poo'ing it. oh, geez, i know why jack welch is scared that number is too damn close to reagan's number. that's probably what he's worried about. >> how this works with the president's narrative, we're moving in the right direction, don't change horses, don't go back to a playbook that didn't work, the george bush supply side stuff that i think he can legitimately tie to mitt romney. he had a narrative that says the economy is monthing in the right direction. i think this job report actually strengthens that narrative. much more than levels variables, like the level of the unemployment rate, it's momentum that i think forms voters' views on the economy. >> thank you jared bernstein for
ronald reagan was re-elected with a 7.2 unemployment rate. he set up the dynamic and the pr was honest. optimism is what he sold. he was able to say 7.2 is great news, great news. he got re-elected with $49 state. he lost minnesota and the district of columbia with 7.2. what should obama get with 7.8? it seems like it's within the range there and everybody's poo-poo'ing it. oh, geez, i know why jack welch is scared that number is too damn close to reagan's number. that's probably what he's...
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ronald reagan in 1984 it was in the low 7s. he said the same thing. so if people listen to barack obama, if they find that persuasive he'll win the election. >> let's talk about the dreaded by most accounts split of the electoral vote versus the popular vote. in which this has happened four times in history where a president is elected based on the electoral votes but not the popular vote. how does this play out in the past? >> well, usually it undermines a little bit the new president. perhaps the best example of that recently, obviously, was 2000 when al gore got the popular vote, george w. bush got the electoral vote. but even in an election that was resolved in as poisonous an atmosphere as that one was by the supreme court, it's amazing how quickly that began to fade. people understand that under the constitution presidents are chosen by the electoral college. until that changes, that's going to be the case in three days. >> i've spoken to some folks, michael who say if president obama wins a second term he immediately joins the pantheon of great
ronald reagan in 1984 it was in the low 7s. he said the same thing. so if people listen to barack obama, if they find that persuasive he'll win the election. >> let's talk about the dreaded by most accounts split of the electoral vote versus the popular vote. in which this has happened four times in history where a president is elected based on the electoral votes but not the popular vote. how does this play out in the past? >> well, usually it undermines a little bit the new...
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first time since ronald reagan, driven by the economy. the fact that women are struggling finding jobs, and as well well as health care. >> i'm not sure what polls you're citing there, congresswoman. depends how the question is asked what aspect of the health care bill you're talking ak. what about the pay equity bill? the violence against women legislations? a number of key votes on the hill. arguably democrats staged the votes to put republicans on the spot, but it does put you on the defensive and mitt romney on the defensive. >> we have republicans -- republicans are rock solid in supporting equal pay for equal work and are committed to ensure that women are paid equal paper for their equal work, and we're going to continue to move forward on that issue. >> what was the objection to that legislation then? >> the bill isn't the senate was a bureaucratic night mayor for our businesses. there's a better way to move forward, and there's been -- on the violence against women act, there's long -- that program has long enjoyed, broad biparti
first time since ronald reagan, driven by the economy. the fact that women are struggling finding jobs, and as well well as health care. >> i'm not sure what polls you're citing there, congresswoman. depends how the question is asked what aspect of the health care bill you're talking ak. what about the pay equity bill? the violence against women legislations? a number of key votes on the hill. arguably democrats staged the votes to put republicans on the spot, but it does put you on the...
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by the way, this idea of a strong national defense, that's ronald reagan. it was great in the '80s. people are ready to cut defense now. we work on problems at home. your whole message is in trouble. that's the problem. >> it wasn't good enough in this election. but 47% is a pretty good base to build on. >> not good enough. >> we take other social issues. >> john, really quickly here, i want to bring you back in here before we have to get out of here. is it simply the message? is it simply the republican party message or is the problem deeper than that? >> i think it's a little bit of both, frankly. some of the messaging has gotten lost in the social issues. the party does focus on those things. to its detriment sometimes. they have votes on it. and it does start to divide people. i think a lot of the republicans are starting to look at that, those issues and even if we believe in them, even if we believe, we're not for guy marriage or we want to talk about abortion, first we need to talk about the things that both sides can at least have some agreement on. and i think you're going
by the way, this idea of a strong national defense, that's ronald reagan. it was great in the '80s. people are ready to cut defense now. we work on problems at home. your whole message is in trouble. that's the problem. >> it wasn't good enough in this election. but 47% is a pretty good base to build on. >> not good enough. >> we take other social issues. >> john, really quickly here, i want to bring you back in here before we have to get out of here. is it simply the...
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nixon was better in the second, gerald ford came back, ronald reagan came back after the disaster. and one assumes that president obama is doing the homework to make sure it happens. >> so johnathan, giving what larry describes here, does this mean the president has to come back and do just a solid debate performance or does he have to blow the socks off this one? >> just a solid performance. you know, he does have a lead, he lost, at most, two points. one to two points out of this last week, so he is going to be going in at this next debate, unless something else happens, which is not likely. you know, with a four-point lead, possibly. so if he can just deliver a solid performance, he will be fine. the danger for him is over compensating. so they talked about al gore, when he was sighing, and demeanor was not good, gore over-compensated again in the third debate, so that is something that people who have had a poor debate performance have to worry about. >> larry, i want to ask you about this very quickly, the next debate style will be town hall. we talked about how the president
nixon was better in the second, gerald ford came back, ronald reagan came back after the disaster. and one assumes that president obama is doing the homework to make sure it happens. >> so johnathan, giving what larry describes here, does this mean the president has to come back and do just a solid debate performance or does he have to blow the socks off this one? >> just a solid performance. you know, he does have a lead, he lost, at most, two points. one to two points out of this...
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when ronald reagan said, there you go again, it was completely natural to him. as you know, chris, carter was right, he had opposed medicare at the start, but when reagan said, there you go again, it actually sort of discounted everything else that carter had said in that debate. so they've got to be organic, they've got to be natural, they've got to be real. i think everybody at least in the political class who has seen this report is going to be watching the debate to see if we can sort of tick off, oh, that was the prepared zinger. did he bring it off? >> oh, yeah. >> the other thing is he's not very good at this. i mean, you know, i know they don't want him to be spontaneous because he'll say the wrong thing, but delivering a prepared funny line seems to me to be one of the hardest tasks, probably even harder than telling us what's in his tax plan. >> as a journalist, joan, i want your view. suppose you're watching the debate, as we all will be, everybody is going to be watching wednesday night, and you see what is obviously a prefab zinger that doesn't even
when ronald reagan said, there you go again, it was completely natural to him. as you know, chris, carter was right, he had opposed medicare at the start, but when reagan said, there you go again, it actually sort of discounted everything else that carter had said in that debate. so they've got to be organic, they've got to be natural, they've got to be real. i think everybody at least in the political class who has seen this report is going to be watching the debate to see if we can sort of...
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news for everyone here on the question of ronald reagan. the verdict is in on this. he's going to go down in history as a great american president. one of the great presidents of the 20th century. and i think arguably one of the two great presidents of the 20th century. the other being a democrat franklin delano roosevelt who is probably one of the two greatest presidents the country's ever had next to lincoln. but ronald reagan in the totality of his presidency was a great president. and so he is the anchor of the republican party. he's the heart and soul. these are a time for some nostalgia. it was a time that people look back on of economic growth, of great foreign policy victories, the end of the cold war which he of course was the architect of. you know, four years ago as we were going through the primary process, there were so much reagan nostalgia on the stage in 2008 where you couldn't get through two minutes of the debate without somebody talking about ronald reagan. and the extent to which the reagan legacy prevented the party fro
news for everyone here on the question of ronald reagan. the verdict is in on this. he's going to go down in history as a great american president. one of the great presidents of the 20th century. and i think arguably one of the two great presidents of the 20th century. the other being a democrat franklin delano roosevelt who is probably one of the two greatest presidents the country's ever had next to lincoln. but ronald reagan in the totality of his presidency was a great president. and so he...
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we are separated today from ronald reagan as i was from tom dewey. there is so much about republicanism and conservative that is compelling and that is appealing to people of all kinds of ethnicities, men and women, sexual orientations of every variety. americans are entrepreneurial, workers, savers, and want the message, but don't want to be told that they belong to 47% that doesn't count. >> david, a real fight on your hands within the republican party. david frum, author of "why romney lost," crystal ball and steve kornacki, thank you for joining me. >>> coming up, the first battle that will be fought in the republican civil war will be over taxes and some republicans are already sounding like liberal democrats on that one. carolyn finney and jonathan capehart will join me. sex, lies, and e-mail brought down the director of the cia. tonight, the story is getting stranger by the hour. the newest twist involves the shirtless e-mails of one of the fbi investigatoinvestigators, a the hour, law enforcement officials have conducted a search of paula bro
we are separated today from ronald reagan as i was from tom dewey. there is so much about republicanism and conservative that is compelling and that is appealing to people of all kinds of ethnicities, men and women, sexual orientations of every variety. americans are entrepreneurial, workers, savers, and want the message, but don't want to be told that they belong to 47% that doesn't count. >> david, a real fight on your hands within the republican party. david frum, author of "why...
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. >> i did not say anything about ronald reagan. you said two things. you talked about ronald reagan and the ideas of the republican. >> well, i was working on those streets watching those folks see their jobs shiftover seas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board of walmart. i was fighting these fights. i was fighting these fights. >> there's no doubt this president can throw a punch when he wants to. the question tonight is, just how hard should it be. joining me live from hofstra university, site of tonight's debate, is congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, chairwoman of the democratic national committee. thank you for coming on the show, madame chairwoman. >> thank you, al. >> the president -- >> good to be with you. >> the president says, we'll see some more, quote, activity tonight. what do you expect? >> i think we'll see president obama talk about his clear vision for moving america forward. his plan to create a million manufacturing jobs, his plan to cut tuition increases in half, his plan to make sure we can hire 100,000 new math a
. >> i did not say anything about ronald reagan. you said two things. you talked about ronald reagan and the ideas of the republican. >> well, i was working on those streets watching those folks see their jobs shiftover seas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board of walmart. i was fighting these fights. i was fighting these fights. >> there's no doubt this president can throw a punch when he wants to. the question tonight is, just how hard should it be. joining me...
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challenge in 1980, ronald reagan's challenge was to convince people that the viewers out there, that he had the gravitas, the intellectual force to be president. he didn't have to convince them he was likable. that seems to be an easier challenge to achieve than for a mitt romney to come across to people as somebody they want to have in their living room for the next four years talking to them when that has been the challenge all along that people have not for one reason or another really warmed up to him. that's going to be hard to do in the course of a debate and also in the course of a debate where you simultaneously want to be likable but also to rattle your opponent a little bit. >> you have to be negative and irritating and try to get president obama off his game, but at the same time be likable coming on the heels of the 47% remark. >> that's a lot. a lot of work mitt romney has to do. president obama has some real work to do it too. he, as we've seen him throughout the democratic nomination fight, in his debates with hillary clinton, he lost a lot of those debates to her. a c
challenge in 1980, ronald reagan's challenge was to convince people that the viewers out there, that he had the gravitas, the intellectual force to be president. he didn't have to convince them he was likable. that seems to be an easier challenge to achieve than for a mitt romney to come across to people as somebody they want to have in their living room for the next four years talking to them when that has been the challenge all along that people have not for one reason or another really...
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i remember back in -- i worked for ronald reagan in '76. a while ago. it was expected he would win here in new hampshire. he lost by 1,300 votes to then gerald ford. that was a huge loss. even though numbers were small, expectation was big. expectations have a definite impact and how the press defines expectations is important. i keep hearing he has a house here and he was governor of massachusetts. he had a house here and he was governor of massachusetts when he ran last time and he lost to john mccain. he lost to john mccain. i'm not sure this house here, was governor of massachusetts is something that you can claim as a reason that he should do well here. i mean, he's going to do well here because i think he has the right message here. >> judd gregg, it's good to see you. thank you. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> who told the truth and who didn't during the debates? we'll check facts next.m st l st. [ male announcer ] sorry, buddy. truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have a decongestant. really? [
i remember back in -- i worked for ronald reagan in '76. a while ago. it was expected he would win here in new hampshire. he lost by 1,300 votes to then gerald ford. that was a huge loss. even though numbers were small, expectation was big. expectations have a definite impact and how the press defines expectations is important. i keep hearing he has a house here and he was governor of massachusetts. he had a house here and he was governor of massachusetts when he ran last time and he lost to...
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he could not get through a republican primary today. >> ronald reagan could not get through a republican primary today. president obama speaking yesterday to the associated press about how much the republican party has shifted to the right. how republicans' own policies, its own heroes, would be denounced as too left wing by today's radicalized conservative republicans. this is a true thing about the republican party, and it is a potentially devastating thing for independent and centrist voters to realize about the republican party. and so the administration has been repeatedly making this case for a while now. when vice president biden makes the case, he says things like, this is not your father's republican party anymore. president obama himself has been throwing his own policies back into the faces of his republican critics, trying to get them to acknowledge that they, themselves, used to support those policies. speaking at a fund-raiser last month, the president said, "in 2008, the guy i was running against, the republican nominee, he didn't deny that climate change might be a proble
he could not get through a republican primary today. >> ronald reagan could not get through a republican primary today. president obama speaking yesterday to the associated press about how much the republican party has shifted to the right. how republicans' own policies, its own heroes, would be denounced as too left wing by today's radicalized conservative republicans. this is a true thing about the republican party, and it is a potentially devastating thing for independent and centrist...
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in our "daily fix," he voted with ronald reagan more than any other senator, but lugar is now kicked out. his tea party-backed opponent won by more than 20 points. senate icon did not go gently into the night, releasing a statement blasting the erosion of the political center. with postpolitics.com, and mark halperin is an msnbc contributor and with "time" magazine. chris, we're going to talk about lugar in a moment, but stand by because i want your take on this as well. mark halperin, you're reporting a lot of signals, the canceled briefing by the white house by jay carney. they know they're going toward hollywood. they have this big event with george clooney. they're going to face so many of their married gay supporters in l.a. tomorrow. we see that there may be an announcement coming out of the white house today. >> every expectation that we will within the next hour be in a different world where we have a president of the united states who supports the legalization of gay marriage. he's doing an interview with robin roberts at abc, someone he's done many interviews with in the pa
in our "daily fix," he voted with ronald reagan more than any other senator, but lugar is now kicked out. his tea party-backed opponent won by more than 20 points. senate icon did not go gently into the night, releasing a statement blasting the erosion of the political center. with postpolitics.com, and mark halperin is an msnbc contributor and with "time" magazine. chris, we're going to talk about lugar in a moment, but stand by because i want your take on this as well....
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president carter lost to ronald reagan, president reagan lost his first debate to robert mondale. president bush lost his first debate to bill clinton and ross perot. next president bush lost his first debate to john kerry. so when president obama lost his first debate last week to his challenger, mitt romney, that outcome was totally in keeping with the sad, sad incumbent president tradition of getting creamed in their first debate. but what hat means for tonight is that the democrats are looking for a solid performance to try to stop the republican momentum, to try to quash the poll imbalance that romney and ryan have been enjoying since the debate last week even if stephanie cutter tried to tell us a minute ago there was so much bounce. to that end, chuck todd joins us from the debate site with new polling information out today. chuck, what do we know today, chuck? >> i think we know, look, there has been some movement in romney's direction. now, some of it is, i would say, if you look at everything we've learned over the last few days, in our polling, in ohio, florida, and vir
president carter lost to ronald reagan, president reagan lost his first debate to robert mondale. president bush lost his first debate to bill clinton and ross perot. next president bush lost his first debate to john kerry. so when president obama lost his first debate last week to his challenger, mitt romney, that outcome was totally in keeping with the sad, sad incumbent president tradition of getting creamed in their first debate. but what hat means for tonight is that the democrats are...
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>> well, what is it that ronald reagan said about the soviets? trust but verify? i think that's probably a good policy here because it's not -- words are not enough. actions are what matter. the president has had some success over the last four years putting together bipartisan coalitions. that was certainly true on ending don't ask, don't tell, on cutting taxes for small businesses. there's a number of things in which there has been some cooperation and now the question is, can we build on that? and like i said, those words are well-received and now we just want the actions to follow the words. >> what do you feel will be the things the president wants to achieve? what will be his priorities in the next four years? where do you think he want to go and bring the country? >> well, you know, i don't think you should expect the president to deviate from the fundamental principles from what he's campaigned on. we want to continue to build up our education system so it's the best in the world and make access to higher education or some kind of technical training availa
>> well, what is it that ronald reagan said about the soviets? trust but verify? i think that's probably a good policy here because it's not -- words are not enough. actions are what matter. the president has had some success over the last four years putting together bipartisan coalitions. that was certainly true on ending don't ask, don't tell, on cutting taxes for small businesses. there's a number of things in which there has been some cooperation and now the question is, can we build...
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so eisenhower, fdr, ronald reagan and barack obama. i think the idea that barack obama does not have a historic mandate when 44 men have been president and seven did what he did in two terms, he got 69 million votes the first time, 62 million votes the second time, i think he has a mandate. the things to be done that are great in this election happened to fall on the progressive side, in part because the republican party and conservatism has gone so far right things that used to be centrist, like environmentalism, which was a teddy roosevelt thing which even richard nixon was in favor of. >> john mccain. >> newt gingrich. >> these things have been now reclassed as liberal, right. the victories that the president has a chance to get which are historic, like on climate change, on immigration, are now progressive ideas because they've been left behind. >> it's now almost up to the republican party to grab a piece of that pie to say this is our victory too when in reality if they had done it earlier -- >> let's don't get in debate about th
so eisenhower, fdr, ronald reagan and barack obama. i think the idea that barack obama does not have a historic mandate when 44 men have been president and seven did what he did in two terms, he got 69 million votes the first time, 62 million votes the second time, i think he has a mandate. the things to be done that are great in this election happened to fall on the progressive side, in part because the republican party and conservatism has gone so far right things that used to be centrist,...
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just like the hero ronald reagan was against medicare 50 years ago. >> behind it will come other federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have known it in this country, until one day, as norman thomas said, we will wait until we have socialism. one of these days, you and i are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it once was like in america when men were free. >> government has not taken our freedom. it's preserved and expanded our freedom. but the same narrow view has fueled the tea party and powered the romney/ryan ticket. they despise government and they told us as much and the only thing that's worse than government, the millions who rely on it. >> there are 47% who are with him, who are dependent upon government who believe they are victims. >> only 30% want the welfare state. >> one writes off 30%. the other thinks it's more like 47%. that explains their plans to gut medicaid, to change medicare as we know it, to make big government the enemy, except when big government needs to interfere with women's rights. but
just like the hero ronald reagan was against medicare 50 years ago. >> behind it will come other federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have known it in this country, until one day, as norman thomas said, we will wait until we have socialism. one of these days, you and i are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it once was like in america when men were free. >> government has not taken our freedom. it's...
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. >> i was there when ronald reagan -- >> 800 million billion -- >> i've been to afghanistan 20 times. >> i was there, man, million billion, it's the cripplingest of crippling sanctions, like, ever, man. that's where i would go. >> what touted me was the loving way paul was staring at joe while he was talking. made me think about what might he have been thinking when he's staring at paul with this loving gaze? i wondered maybe he might say tell me more about how you used to get legislation passed in the continental congress. >> nice. >> very grandfatherly. >> i'm not a funny person. my thought was -- >> oh, stop it. >> you're not intentionally funny. >> thank you. >> yes, you are. >> do the exact opposite. how about biden is presented as a calm, placid figure. >> yes. >> precisely worded sentences and -- that's all i got. >> and ryan comes out in his outfit from "time" magazine, his weight lifting magazine pumping iron. >> oh, man. the ha the hat backwards. >> that would be awesome. >> whatever happens it's going to be amazing. >> great ideas. >> i'm sure they have ideas of their own.
. >> i was there when ronald reagan -- >> 800 million billion -- >> i've been to afghanistan 20 times. >> i was there, man, million billion, it's the cripplingest of crippling sanctions, like, ever, man. that's where i would go. >> what touted me was the loving way paul was staring at joe while he was talking. made me think about what might he have been thinking when he's staring at paul with this loving gaze? i wondered maybe he might say tell me more about how...
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reagan ran for reelection in 1984. remember the morning in america thing, that's what it was about. so mitt romney may have won the debate, but president obama won the post debate. at least it seemed that way for these last few days. then today back down to earth for democrats. we started getting in the first solid round of polling that reflected the results of the debate. and however, well the obama campaign did in managing the post debate spin and the post debate campaigning, the poll numb numbers clearly have now shifted in mitt romney's favor. in the new national poll out from the pew research center, governor romney is now tied with the president. romney trailed in this survey by 9 points before the debate. so that's a big shift toward mitt romney and away from barack obama in that poll. like wise in the new gallup poll, mr. romney polled even with the president after the debate erasing a 5-point advantage for the president. we have new polls from the swing states and near swing states. polls that include reaction
reagan ran for reelection in 1984. remember the morning in america thing, that's what it was about. so mitt romney may have won the debate, but president obama won the post debate. at least it seemed that way for these last few days. then today back down to earth for democrats. we started getting in the first solid round of polling that reflected the results of the debate. and however, well the obama campaign did in managing the post debate spin and the post debate campaigning, the poll numb...
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like ronald reagan before him, he knew the only way to make history is to make it fast. >> the time for bickering is over. the time for games has passed. now is the season for action. now is when we must bring the best ideas of both parties together and show the american people that we can still do what we were sent here to do. now is the time to deliver on health care. >> opposition to the bill was boiling hot, from the floor of the congress. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> you lie! >> in town hall meetings across the country -- >> my whole family does not believe in this bill. we want the government out of our business, now. >> and outside the capitol, before the vote. >> kill the bill! kill the bill! >> but in march 2010, the president prevailed, and signed the affordable care act into law. >> today, after almost a century of trying, today, after over a year of debate, today, after all the votes have been tallied, health insurance reform becomes law in the united states of america. >> it was, as the vice president whispered in his ear,
like ronald reagan before him, he knew the only way to make history is to make it fast. >> the time for bickering is over. the time for games has passed. now is the season for action. now is when we must bring the best ideas of both parties together and show the american people that we can still do what we were sent here to do. now is the time to deliver on health care. >> opposition to the bill was boiling hot, from the floor of the congress. >> the reforms i'm proposing...
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and then when with ronald reagan would talk about welfare queen, same thing, a coded racial message. so what are the messages this time? well, the most important one is in the ads that the romney campaign is doing on welfare. these ads are inaccurate but making it sound as if president obama wants to, quote, send them a check, just send them a check. welfare recipients. more than half of all of their ad budget is dwoeevoted to thes ads. now, they toned that down at the convention because that so obviously is a racial subtext. they toned that down, but they do have a couple of other things that still will do conjure kind of the same deal, both paul ryan and mitt romney said in their speeches that money was going to be raided from medicare to pay for obamacare. >> i heard that. >> what that's code for is, hey, white senior citizen voter, your money is going to be taken and given to possibly black minority, uninsured, poor people. that plays on their fears that their money is going -- now, it's actually not true because obamacare actually expands care for seniors with prescription drugs
and then when with ronald reagan would talk about welfare queen, same thing, a coded racial message. so what are the messages this time? well, the most important one is in the ads that the romney campaign is doing on welfare. these ads are inaccurate but making it sound as if president obama wants to, quote, send them a check, just send them a check. welfare recipients. more than half of all of their ad budget is dwoeevoted to thes ads. now, they toned that down at the convention because that...
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. >> ronald reagan and ed meese, what was their relationship with hoover like? >> hoover was gone by then. he left with the nixon administration. >> so the fbi -- >> the fbi suffered under some weak and underqualified directors, and that's why muller is so extraordinary. he has come in. he served under bush, he's serving under obama. this is our lives, this is the constitution. and they're getting it right. i would say for the first time in the last three years, after 1 1 103 years, they're getting pretty close to getting this balance right, and that is no mean feat. >> say more about getting the balance right. people on both sides are going to push their side of the balance when critical issues come up. you've studied this now more than any human being in terms of quantifying this in this terrific narrative. what's the right way to think about balance and security and how the fbi has to manage that on our behalf. >> the constitution commands that we have to have civil liberties and we have to have national security, and we have to have both at the same time. mu
. >> ronald reagan and ed meese, what was their relationship with hoover like? >> hoover was gone by then. he left with the nixon administration. >> so the fbi -- >> the fbi suffered under some weak and underqualified directors, and that's why muller is so extraordinary. he has come in. he served under bush, he's serving under obama. this is our lives, this is the constitution. and they're getting it right. i would say for the first time in the last three years, after 1...
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you know, from george washington ronald reagan, we didn't accumulate a trillion dollars in debt. over, you know, the first 204 years of our country's history. a trillion a year for the past four years. >> i wonder, we had stephanie cutter on yesterday, who we all respect a great deal, i wonder if the argument that we inherited this mess, still plays with voters. that was the case she made yesterday which is that he inherited a terrible economy, we're digging out, not digging as fast as we would like to, but we inherited this hole and need more time to get out. i wonder, honestly wonder, if that applies. >> who's going to buy that? a trill dlarn deficit. again, we were all going crazy over a $400 billion deficit. ronald reagan has been blasted by liberals for 20 years for leaving the white house with, what, a $300 billion deficit. a trillion dollars a year. a trillion dollars a deficit per year. first year, you can understand it. horrible economy. second year, you can understand it. digging out of the terrible economy. third year, four years in a row. >> that dog don't hunt. >> no
you know, from george washington ronald reagan, we didn't accumulate a trillion dollars in debt. over, you know, the first 204 years of our country's history. a trillion a year for the past four years. >> i wonder, we had stephanie cutter on yesterday, who we all respect a great deal, i wonder if the argument that we inherited this mess, still plays with voters. that was the case she made yesterday which is that he inherited a terrible economy, we're digging out, not digging as fast as we...
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reagan on social security reform we can add years of solvency and to medicare and do it and increase benefits like with obama care and we need both sides to be willing. i know the democrats are willing. president obama's willing to sit down at the table. what we don't need to do i can tell you is cut benefits. that's something that i don't think is the first thing that should be put forward. we have a lot of opportunity to continue to make reforms in medicare, make sure we build in more efficiencies to the program so we can add the years of solvency. >> what about eligibility age change? >> well, eligibility age change would fall in the realm of benefit cuts. we need to focus like i said first on making sure we build in more efficiencies to the program. we have been able to from obama care make sure that with that $716 billion in savings plowed in to waste, fraud and abuse -- fighting waste, fraud and abuse we have collected more than $10 billion in fraudulent medicare payments and we can make more progress in that area, as well. >> thank you so much. i greatly appreciate you joining
reagan on social security reform we can add years of solvency and to medicare and do it and increase benefits like with obama care and we need both sides to be willing. i know the democrats are willing. president obama's willing to sit down at the table. what we don't need to do i can tell you is cut benefits. that's something that i don't think is the first thing that should be put forward. we have a lot of opportunity to continue to make reforms in medicare, make sure we build in more...
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ronald reagan was re-elected in a land slide suggesting there was some room for unemployment to be higher. the president did run a fantastic campaign. they understand america as it exists today. republicans tried to convince themselves that it was the america they knew in the past and they delewded themselves. and now you're seeing the results today. here's where we got it wrong and we've got to rethink. definitely kudos to david axelrod, gym messina. but i think the economy was getting better and people ultimately said i want to give this guy another four years to finish the job. >> here's one thing that i don't think was a factor in the last week. the hurricane on the east coast. if there was a factor in the last week, i believe it was mitt romney going into ohio, lying to ohio about something ohio voters know the truth about on this sending jeep jobs to china and to lie straight to the voters who know it's not true, who are related to the workers, whose jobs were not going to china was a deadly move by romney. >> we know that three out of four ohio voters thought the economy was doing
ronald reagan was re-elected in a land slide suggesting there was some room for unemployment to be higher. the president did run a fantastic campaign. they understand america as it exists today. republicans tried to convince themselves that it was the america they knew in the past and they delewded themselves. and now you're seeing the results today. here's where we got it wrong and we've got to rethink. definitely kudos to david axelrod, gym messina. but i think the economy was getting better...
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ronald reagan with the economy was never going to lose, and bill clinton won't lose in 1996. you can look at other cases where the campaigns matter. do you have a sense what that exact balance is, is there a wall to quantify it like the economy and actually campaign effects? >> we do try and quantify it where our model looks at two things. there's an economic part of it and a polls part of it. the closer to election day, the more we rely purely on polls, the theory is that if by october/november whatever impact there is to the economy hasn't been reflected in the polls, either the model is wrong or people think about other things. so right now, you know, actually do expect even before the debate the polls to it tighten some, because although the incumbent president gets a lot of credit, obama was ahead by five or six points by these polls for a while. naets hi that's high based on where the economy is. in some ways the debate brings the polls more into line with the fundamentals, which we think implies a tenuous advantage for obama. >> so, nate, if you could get into that a l
ronald reagan with the economy was never going to lose, and bill clinton won't lose in 1996. you can look at other cases where the campaigns matter. do you have a sense what that exact balance is, is there a wall to quantify it like the economy and actually campaign effects? >> we do try and quantify it where our model looks at two things. there's an economic part of it and a polls part of it. the closer to election day, the more we rely purely on polls, the theory is that if by...
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i wasn't a republican when ronald reagan was in the white house. with all of these things, you've got newt gingrich and rick perry channelling teddy kennedy and using the same line of attack against mitt romney that teddy kennedy did so many years ago. >> yeah. i think to my mind, every primary ends up being less pleasant than people want it to be within the given party. the phone call at 3:00 a.m. being the great -- turns out he's pretty good at the 3:00 a.m. phone call, it's everything else that's a little weak. >> yeah, exactly. >> i think this in particular is -- has a lot of intermural damage. romney isn't defined. it's not as though people know him and therefore this is one more fact. people don't really know him. >> and let's talk about the effect of the super pacs. newt gingrich gets a $5 million check from a man who is obsessed with one thing. and that is beating barack obama in november. and yet, that man might as well -- and i'm dead serious, he might as well have written a check to david axelrod himself and said use this $5 million for
i wasn't a republican when ronald reagan was in the white house. with all of these things, you've got newt gingrich and rick perry channelling teddy kennedy and using the same line of attack against mitt romney that teddy kennedy did so many years ago. >> yeah. i think to my mind, every primary ends up being less pleasant than people want it to be within the given party. the phone call at 3:00 a.m. being the great -- turns out he's pretty good at the 3:00 a.m. phone call, it's everything...
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the reason he's going to win is this was the most-watched debate since 1980 when ronald reagan ran against carter and there was only one debate that year. >> fox news is pulling out all the stops. to make it look like the race has swung in favor of mitt romney. check out the electoral prediction map fox trotted out today. look at the red states. they gave mitt romney solid democratic states like new mexico and pennsylvania. really? polls should be a snapshot of the current state of the race and there's no doubt mitt romney is benefitting from his debate performance last week. but over "the new york times," the forecast shows president obama still holds a 70% chance of winning the election. the percentage is back in line with the state of the race before the political conventions. president obama made some gains after the dnc. so the race is back to where it was in august. eight years ago today, cnn poll after the first presidential poll put john kerry on top of george bush by one percentage point, 49-48. the race is close. this should surprise no one in america. every vote is going to coun
the reason he's going to win is this was the most-watched debate since 1980 when ronald reagan ran against carter and there was only one debate that year. >> fox news is pulling out all the stops. to make it look like the race has swung in favor of mitt romney. check out the electoral prediction map fox trotted out today. look at the red states. they gave mitt romney solid democratic states like new mexico and pennsylvania. really? polls should be a snapshot of the current state of the...
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reagan. changed tax policy, a similar situation to now. i don't know many people who trust washington to have any more money to spend. >> i think reagan is a great example. he did cut taxes and we had exploiting deficits in 1980s. >> then he raised them. >> then he raised them. we do also have another example from the 1990s, which is president clinton, who had a balanced budget. he asked the wealthy to pay more. the rates went up to 39.6. we had eight years of very strong growth. >> including surplus. >> i'm not saying the taxes cause that but we know that having higher taxes on wealthy americans didn't lead to a recession as republicans have argued. that's what's really daunting about the whole discussion about taxes. the fact that we have no real idea what mitt romney will do on taxes as president other than if we take him at his word, it does mean that middle class americans will pay more in taxes. either he is not being honest with us or middle class americans will see a tax increase. tha
reagan. changed tax policy, a similar situation to now. i don't know many people who trust washington to have any more money to spend. >> i think reagan is a great example. he did cut taxes and we had exploiting deficits in 1980s. >> then he raised them. >> then he raised them. we do also have another example from the 1990s, which is president clinton, who had a balanced budget. he asked the wealthy to pay more. the rates went up to 39.6. we had eight years of very strong...
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reagan. joining us now, john stanton, washington bureau chief at "buzz feed" and it's been way too long since we've had you on show. congtulations on yr moy s "buzz feed"? >> it's awe? >> one of the things you did around the convention is you greyhound bused down there, and sort of went out of your way to talk to regular on the street folks who were not necessarily und pus. hg eir inio when you're doing sort of "man on the street" talking to people about politics, do people ever talk about the wars? >> they do. talking, particularly, i was in savannah and talking to church people that re feeding the oprking poor andomel there.f van some of the people i talked to on the bus were veterans. they feel like their plight as the working poor in this country, no one is really talking about the wars anymore. president obama talks about it, sort of generally, his accomplishments, but he doesn't talk about so much going forrd and what's going to happen. i think a lot of people have become fatigued with
reagan. joining us now, john stanton, washington bureau chief at "buzz feed" and it's been way too long since we've had you on show. congtulations on yr moy s "buzz feed"? >> it's awe? >> one of the things you did around the convention is you greyhound bused down there, and sort of went out of your way to talk to regular on the street folks who were not necessarily und pus. hg eir inio when you're doing sort of "man on the street" talking to people...
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and president ronald reagan signed it. and tyranny was not unleashed upon the land. it is not controversial now that it is illegal to manufacture or sell a gun in the united states that is built to evade detection by standard means. we don't have plastic guns. we banned plastic guns. the ban has been renewed several times since. it is up for renewal again next year. when it comes up for renewal next year. rjs changing laws about guns in this country. it's always said to be impossible. but, over and over again, it proves to not be impossible. i mean, soldiers use fully automatic machine guns in battle all ovlt time, right? there are millions of these weapons in circulation. but they are comparatively rare in u.s. instances of civilian gun crime. it's not that they never turn up, but they're comparatively rare. semi-automatic weapons, not so much. but fully automatic weapons, yes. that's because of federal regulation. also, two years before president reagan signed the plastic gun ban, he signed a ban on civilian sales or use of armor-peerszing you will bullets. bullets
and president ronald reagan signed it. and tyranny was not unleashed upon the land. it is not controversial now that it is illegal to manufacture or sell a gun in the united states that is built to evade detection by standard means. we don't have plastic guns. we banned plastic guns. the ban has been renewed several times since. it is up for renewal again next year. when it comes up for renewal next year. rjs changing laws about guns in this country. it's always said to be impossible. but, over...
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reagan said. the 20% disagreement is okay as long as we're standing strong on the 80%. >> morris on a scale of say 1 to 10, how big of a mandate was this for the president and the democratic party. or could democrats overinterpret the results and overplay their hand? >> listen, there's always a chance of overreaching. but anytime that a president is re-elected to a second term it's very clear that the american people are voting for that president on his given stance. it is very clear about what the president wanted to do in his second term. so i don't know that there's a mandate, but there's a clear message that the congress needs to work with this president who is the leader. >> okay. let's go from there and move onto our next topic, the fiscal cliff and who holds the cards there. the president wants to raise taxes on the wealthiest americans. republicans say they don't want to raise taxes on anyone. so molly, who holds the cards there? who do you think has the better leverage? >> there's a real
reagan said. the 20% disagreement is okay as long as we're standing strong on the 80%. >> morris on a scale of say 1 to 10, how big of a mandate was this for the president and the democratic party. or could democrats overinterpret the results and overplay their hand? >> listen, there's always a chance of overreaching. but anytime that a president is re-elected to a second term it's very clear that the american people are voting for that president on his given stance. it is very...
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reagan was with the blowing up of the u.s. marines in beirut. >> this administration continues to put out things that are just not quite true. >> smear, character assassination, judgment before all the facts are in. >> we're getting that video in. house and senate committees will both hearings tomorrow as we reported a few minutes ago. former cia director david petraeus is expected to testify. you see some of the tone and tenor of what will perhaps happen behind closed doors tomorrow. i'm tamron hall. you can watch "news nation" every day 2:00 p.m. eastern time. "the cycle" is up next. into their work, their name on the door, and their heart into their community. small business saturday is a day to show our support. a day to shop at stores owned by our friends and neighbors. and do our part for the businesses that do so much for us. on november 24th, let's get out and shop small. challenge the need for such heavy measures with olay. regenerist micro-sculpting serum for firmer skin in 5 days. pretty heavy lifting for such a lig
reagan was with the blowing up of the u.s. marines in beirut. >> this administration continues to put out things that are just not quite true. >> smear, character assassination, judgment before all the facts are in. >> we're getting that video in. house and senate committees will both hearings tomorrow as we reported a few minutes ago. former cia director david petraeus is expected to testify. you see some of the tone and tenor of what will perhaps happen behind closed doors...
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>> that's what the democrats are planning to do, mitt romney father to the right than ronald reagan. mitt romney definitely has to rally his base as well as reach out to swing voters. and john mccain was caught in that same dilemma four years ago. didn't work out that well for him. he never really had a clear message. and sarah palin only helped him for a few days when it came to his approval ratings. and obama also has to rally his base now, which is not as fired up and ready to go as it was four years ago, while reaching out to the middle. in both cases, we're going to hear moderate outreach combined with that strident base talk like you just heard from mitt romney. >> clarence, good to see you. thank you. >>> to a man who wanted to be president, another critical day of testimony at the john edwards trial. his former speechwrir, wendy button, is back on the stand after testifying that edwards told her that he knew a wealthy donor had donated money to hide his mistress. i'm joined by hampton dellinger and savannah guthrie. edwards cried during his speechwriter's testimony. you were
>> that's what the democrats are planning to do, mitt romney father to the right than ronald reagan. mitt romney definitely has to rally his base as well as reach out to swing voters. and john mccain was caught in that same dilemma four years ago. didn't work out that well for him. he never really had a clear message. and sarah palin only helped him for a few days when it came to his approval ratings. and obama also has to rally his base now, which is not as fired up and ready to go as it...
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and teddy kennedy and ronald reagan. and they are looking like they are trying to be gerry ford. >> well, that's a good point. romney clearly wanted to get under santorum's skin. santorum was in a position all night where he was getting engaged in discussions about how the earmark process works. you know you've gone too far into the weeds when in fact, at one point, romney had a pretty good line. i don't know what you're talking about, but let me make this point i want to make. for romney who wants to portray santorum as a washington insider, santorum did the business for him last night by trying to explain washington processes that a lot of americans think don't make any sense. >> susan and howard, we know the problems facing this country. the reason people watch programs like this is they are real. we have an unemployment situation which is endemic, it's chronic. we're never getting back to 4%. let's talk about that. let's talk about the fact we have real competitors in the world now like chin and south america. we hav
and teddy kennedy and ronald reagan. and they are looking like they are trying to be gerry ford. >> well, that's a good point. romney clearly wanted to get under santorum's skin. santorum was in a position all night where he was getting engaged in discussions about how the earmark process works. you know you've gone too far into the weeds when in fact, at one point, romney had a pretty good line. i don't know what you're talking about, but let me make this point i want to make. for romney...
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reagan, okay? they just hadn't quite kicked in yet. now, yesterday i read some republican commentator saying that the reason the market went up yesterday was because the forward-looking market predicts that a republican will win in 2012. so, you know, if you're looking backwards or if you're looking forwards, it has nothing to do with the president. it's all somebody else, and that somebody else tends to be a conservative. i mean, this is a spin cycle that is as divorced from the facts as you can get. >> now, let me ask you, congressman, the candidate mitt romney said today that he won't apologize for his wealth. let me let you hear it first before i ask you my question. >> i made a lot of money. i've been very successful. i'm not going to apologize for that. i know the dnc tries to push this out and they get it on the mainstream media networks and that's where you guys see it and everybody laughs about it, because in this country, we want someone who can help other people become successful. this i
reagan, okay? they just hadn't quite kicked in yet. now, yesterday i read some republican commentator saying that the reason the market went up yesterday was because the forward-looking market predicts that a republican will win in 2012. so, you know, if you're looking backwards or if you're looking forwards, it has nothing to do with the president. it's all somebody else, and that somebody else tends to be a conservative. i mean, this is a spin cycle that is as divorced from the facts as you...
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. >> your idol, as i've read, anyway, was ronald reagan. and he compromised. >> he never compromised his principles. >> so you did compromise? >> we found common ground. >> why won't you say -- you are afraid of the word. >> i reject the word. >> boehner and cantor won't compromise, but a new poll shows 85% of americans want republicans to compromise with democrats. but this my way or the highway attitude has now taken over the republican race for president. we are also seeing them take a hard right run to the extreme. we see it on the issue of abortion and a personhood pledge that says abortion is no longer okay in cases of rape and incest. we see it on the issue of immigration where the dream act is treated as an insult, and we see it on entitlements where they want to obliterate reform and change them totally. but on the other side of the fence is the president of the united states, barack obama, fighting to get something done while republicans stay further and further away from the mainstream. joining me now, joe madison, host of "morni
. >> your idol, as i've read, anyway, was ronald reagan. and he compromised. >> he never compromised his principles. >> so you did compromise? >> we found common ground. >> why won't you say -- you are afraid of the word. >> i reject the word. >> boehner and cantor won't compromise, but a new poll shows 85% of americans want republicans to compromise with democrats. but this my way or the highway attitude has now taken over the republican race for...
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this is the first president since ronald reagan to win the popular vote in two consecutive elections. they're trying to deny his legitimacy still. >> not all. >> grover norquist is. >> and speaker boehner has said they're ready to be led. >> thank god for one reasonable person. >> he says he's the most reasonable. >> we'll see what happens in january, though. he has that radical right wing tea party caucus to deal with in the house. i want to see them come to grips with reality. >> great pleasure having you both on. as people continue to suffer in the wake of hurricane sandy, thousands are homeless and without power. the american red cross is trying to push back against criticism from storm victims. >> they take people's hard-working money to assist people, and then when push comes to shove, they don't assist. >> so the red cross is not disputing that, but also calls its response, quote, flawless. many of the people you're looking at in that video do not believe the response has been flawless. we'll talk with nbc news senior investigative correspondent lisa myers regarding the red cro
this is the first president since ronald reagan to win the popular vote in two consecutive elections. they're trying to deny his legitimacy still. >> not all. >> grover norquist is. >> and speaker boehner has said they're ready to be led. >> thank god for one reasonable person. >> he says he's the most reasonable. >> we'll see what happens in january, though. he has that radical right wing tea party caucus to deal with in the house. i want to see them come to...
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. >> remember ronald reagan saying that sound you are hearing around his feet when he signed a tax bill was the cement breaking. sometimes you have to compromise. thank you both very much. chuck todd, charlie cook, and what political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours is next. [ thunk ] sweet! [ male announcer ] the solid thunk of the door on the jetta. thanks, mister! [ meow ] [ male announcer ] another example of volkswagen quality. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the 2012 jetta for $159 a month. woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number that appears on your screen. sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns
. >> remember ronald reagan saying that sound you are hearing around his feet when he signed a tax bill was the cement breaking. sometimes you have to compromise. thank you both very much. chuck todd, charlie cook, and what political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours is next. [ thunk ] sweet! [ male announcer ] the solid thunk of the door on the jetta. thanks, mister! [ meow ] [ male announcer ] another example of volkswagen quality. that's the power of german engineering....
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time to today, ronald reagan's recovery created twice as many jobs as this president's recovery. 5 million jobs doesn't even keep up with our population growth. and the only reason our unemployment rate seems a little lower today is because of all the people who have dropped out of the work force. the president has tried, but his policies haven't worked. he's great as a speaker and describing his plans and his vision. that's wonderful. except we have a record to look at. and that record shows he just hasn't been able to cut the deficit, to put in place reforms for medicare and social security, to preserve them, to get us the rising incomes we need. median incomes down $4300 a family and 23 million americans out of work. that's what this election is about. it's about who can get the middle class in this country a bright and prosperous future and assure our kids the kind of hope and optimism they deserve. >> governor i want to move you along. don't go away and we will have plenty of time to respond. we are quite aware of the clock for both of you. but i want to bring in a different subject h
time to today, ronald reagan's recovery created twice as many jobs as this president's recovery. 5 million jobs doesn't even keep up with our population growth. and the only reason our unemployment rate seems a little lower today is because of all the people who have dropped out of the work force. the president has tried, but his policies haven't worked. he's great as a speaker and describing his plans and his vision. that's wonderful. except we have a record to look at. and that record shows...
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reagan was asked if he had anything to say to the people in the country who did not vote for him and who did not feel that they were part of the reagan revolution. he was also asked about nancy reagan falling down and bumping her head right before the election. he said that she had a tender lump on the side of her head, but that she would be fine. in president clinton's first press conference, after he was re-elected to a second term, the president started to answer a question about the role of first lady hillary clinton in the second clinton term, before he sort of diverted himself into talking about just how damned tired he was. >> well, let me answer the question about hillary. i think what first lady will do is something that i think it will be consistent with what she's been doing, but we have not, frankly, we've been too tired to talk about it. yesterday, i'm embarrassed to tell the american people, i actually slept past noon. i was tired. >> there's no shame in that. >> in the first press conference that george w. bush gave after he was re-elected in 2004, the president gave a
reagan was asked if he had anything to say to the people in the country who did not vote for him and who did not feel that they were part of the reagan revolution. he was also asked about nancy reagan falling down and bumping her head right before the election. he said that she had a tender lump on the side of her head, but that she would be fine. in president clinton's first press conference, after he was re-elected to a second term, the president started to answer a question about the role of...